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Davis family

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Davis Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1946
Scope and Contents One box of material including original and typescript copies of letters exchanged between Anna Kennedy and J.J. Davis for the period 1860-1862. Also included is material on the Chapin family, Davis and Steen family genealogy and Reed family Bible. Correspondents are J.J. Davis, Anna Kennedy, J.W. Davis, Phineas Chapin, Rev. Asa Brooks, and J. W. Wayland. John W. Davis' certificate of Admission to practice before the Supreme Court of West Virginia dated 1896. His sponsor was Melville...
Dates: 1800-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview

Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.

Dates: 1824-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates: 1907-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wade Family Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2293
Overview

A scrapbook, kept by Fanny Isabella Wade Wallace, containing correspondence, post cards, and genealogical records of the Britton, Davis, Hursey, and Wade families of Clarksburg. There are obituaries of prominent West Virginians as well as news clippings and invitations to weddings and social events. There are also news clippings of local and American history.

Dates: ca. 1900-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site (Pa.) 1
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Harrison County (W.Va.) - history - Civil War 1
Know-Nothingism. 1
Lexington, V.A. 1
Libraries -- West Virginia 1
Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
Maryland 1
Mississippi 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
Mount Vernon (Va.) 1
Mt. Vernon. 1
Ohio 1
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Pennsylvania 1
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Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Ritchie County (W. Va.) 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Secession 1
Supreme Court of West Virginia 1
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
Virginia 1
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Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
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